@charset "utf-8";
/* CSS Document */

/* Base Font & Body Setup */
body {
  margin: 0;
  padding: 0;
  font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;
  font-size: 12px;
  color: #2B292B;
}

/* Layout */
#columnLeft {
  width: 720px;
  float: left;
}
#columnLeft img {
  float: left;
  margin: 0 15px 0 0;
}

.clear {
  height: 15px;
  clear: both;
}

/* Research Article Blocks */
.note {
  margin-bottom: 2em;
  border-bottom: 1px solid #17a698;
  box-shadow: 0 1px 3px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.05);
  transition: box-shadow 0.3s ease;
}
.note:hover {
  box-shadow: 0 4px 10px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.08);
}

.noteHome {
  padding: 1.5em;
  border-radius: 8px;
  border: 1px solid #e0e0e0;
  background-color: #ffffff;
}

/* Alternate row shading */
.note:nth-child(odd) .noteHome {
  background-color: #f4f4f4;
}

/* Centered, scaled images (Option 1) */
.noteHome img {
  max-width: 233px;
  height: auto;
  display: block;
  margin-left: auto;
  margin-right: auto;
  border: 1px solid #ddd;
  border-radius: 6px;
  margin-bottom: 1em;
}

.note strong {
  display: block;
  font-size: 17px;
  font-weight: 600;
  color: #2a2a2a;
  margin-bottom: 0.75em;
}

/* Paragraph styling inside notes */
.noteHome p,
.note p {
  font-size: 13.5px;
  font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;
  line-height: 1.7;
  color: #444;
}

/* Read More/Less Toggle */
.expander-hidden {
  display: none;
}
.expander-link {
  color: #0f4c81;
  font-weight: bold;
  cursor: pointer;
  margin-left: 4px;
}
.read-more a,
.read-less a {
  font-weight: 600;
  color: #007bff;
}
.read-more a:hover,
.read-less a:hover {
  color: #0a3b64;
  text-decoration: underline;
}